coach-and-four

[ kohch-uhn-fawr, -fohr ]

/ ˌkoʊtʃ ənˈfɔr, -ˈfoʊr /

a coach together with the four horses by which it is drawn.

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First recorded in 1880–85

So they were wed, and there were great rejoicings, and the bride and bridegroom drove away in the coach-and-four.
English Fairy Tales|Flora Annie Steel
The eldest son well remembers his father driving his coach-and-four to and fro.
General Gatacre|Beatrix Gatacre
The mother was brought from Fannet in a coach-and-four, and there was a splendid wedding.
The Irish Fairy Book|Various
In a year or two we shall have a good road between this and the port, and a coach-and-four may be running on it.
Waihoura, the Maori Girl|W.H.G. Kingston

When such a coach-and-four as this can walk through Mr Boulton's amendment, it is needless to spend time upon smaller fry.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 404, June, 1849|Various